Carbon arcs kissed silver screens
Now I watch the water gleam
Sprocket holes caught midnight dreams
Fireflies dance the same routine
Reel spins slow on porch swing time
Spanish moss hangs like old rhyme
Gator eyes reflect the light
Every frame a goodbye
Acetate scent mixes with swamp air
Mosquito hum replaces fan whir
I've hauled reels through county fair
Now I'm parked where cattails stir
Reel spins slow on porch swing time
Spanish moss hangs like old rhyme
Gator eyes reflect the light
Every frame a goodbye
Foot stomp rhythm on worn boards
Cello weeps like broken chords
Martin guitar speaks in low words
Bayou sings what it affords
Reel spins slow on porch swing time
Spanish moss hangs like old rhyme
Gator eyes reflect the light
Every frame a goodbye
No meter running no dispatch call
Just water rising silence crawls
The final cut comes for us all
But the show goes on that's the law
Pirogue glides past cypress knee
Bullfrog bass joins harmony
I project what used to be
Bayou reel sets memory free
Reel spins slow on porch swing time
Spanish moss hangs like old rhyme
Gator eyes reflect the light
Every frame a goodbye
Lens cap on the night shift done
Bayou reel rolls with the sun
